Tagged With "Pre-K & Kindergarten"

Elementary school staff are seeing more students than ever enter kindergarten without the academic, social and emotional skills they need to be successful. The impact is seen in disruptive behaviors day-to-day, as well as the long-term effects of not all students meeting kindergarten assessment standards , reading on grade level or graduating from high school . Catholic Community Services wants to change that, beginning before the children even start school. With the help of multiple...

Oregon.gov, July 9, 2019 The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced its intent to award 15 organizations contracts to serve as coordinated care organizations (CCOs) for the Oregon Health Plan’s nearly 1 million members. Eleven of the organizations are approved to receive five-yea r contracts, and four organizations are approved to receive one-year contracts. Awardees will now be evaluated for their readiness to deliver the services promised in their applications. Successful awardees will...

In Southern Oregon, Janai Mestrovich, MS, Early Learning & Child Development, labels her curriculum Empowering Superkids. The focus is on pre-K and Kindergarten kids and teaching them to know her/himself and tap inner resources of mind/body/emotions/breathing and have skills to make good choices and feel like a SUPERKID. Teaching self awareness, self respect and communication/collaboration are essential towards resiliency. Janai has developed and taught the Superkid Guidebook over a 40...